我攔不住湯姆把餅乾吃完。

I couldn't prevent Tom from eating all the cookies.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 我 wǒ
  1. I
  2. me
  3. my
2 攔 lán
  1. to block sb's path
  2. to obstruct
  3. to flag down (a taxi)
3 不住 bùzhù
  1. (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc)
  2. repeatedly; continuously; constantly
4 湯姆 Tāngmǔ Tom (name)
=5 把 bǎ
  1. to hold; to grasp
  2. to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate
  3. handlebar
  4. classifier: handful, bundle, bunch
  5. classifier for things with handles
  6. (used to put the object before the verb: 把 bǎ + {noun} + {verb})
=5 把 bà handle
=5 把 pá
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 爬 (pá, “to scratch”)
6 餅乾 bǐnggān biscuit; cracker; cookie

classifiers: 片, 塊
7 吃完 chīwán to finish eating